Given below are two statements. In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below.

Statement I:The Aristotelian syllogism is essentially verbalistic.

Statement II:The Nyaya system recognizes that the verbal form is the essence of inference.

ABoth Statement I and Statement II are true

BBoth Statement I and Statement II are false

CStatement I is true but Statement II is false ✓ Correct

DStatement I is false but Statement II is true

Correct answer: (C) Statement I is true but Statement II is false

Explanation

The Aristotelian syllogism is verbalistic, but Nyaya does not make verbal form the essence, so Statement 1 is true and Statement 2 false.

Aristotle's logic examines the arrangement of terms in stated propositions, a formal-verbal concern.

For Nyaya, inference is first a movement of knowledge, real and psychological, not mere wording.

The verbal five-membered form is needed only to convince others, not to constitute the inference.

Hence treating the verbal form as the very essence misrepresents the Nyaya position.

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